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KevinM

April 27, 2018 09:42PM

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Russo Loco Wrote:
> While many "formal"
> portraits of railroads in the 'Olden Days' were
> done on extremely sharp large-format cameras, it's
> more likely that scrapping operations would have
> been photographed – if at all – by
> locals or amateurs using the readily available
> "drugstore" cameras of the day, with the results
> being much less "crisp" than the ones you
> posted. The photo posted above of the actual
> even in 1933 illustrates what I'm talking about
> – a much softer focus with much less
> contrast than in your modern replications.
>
> - El Curmudgeoño de la Costa del Oro,
> Roosso (MUY) Loco

Yeah Russ, my photography has been heavily influenced by certain internet websites that are sticklers for composition, sharpness, exposure, level, zero foreground obstacles, etc. etc. Nowadays, if a photo isn't sharp enough to give you a corneal abrasion, it's considered "soft." I am kind of amazed that the guy who shot that image of the WW&F being ripped up did so through the weeds instead of over them. Even in 1936, I can't imagine he would have done that deliberately.

But seriously, there are techniques in Photoshop and Lightroom for degrading an image to make it look like a vintage photo. I just haven't found myself motivated to learn to use them.....yet, anyway.

/Kevin

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Scrapping the original WW&F >>Re-enactment Photos<<	KevinM	April 27, 2018 12:19PM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F >>Re-enactment Photos<<	guymonmd	April 27, 2018 12:32PM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F >>Re-enactment Photos<<	KevinM	April 27, 2018 12:47PM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F >>1936 photo<<	Stewart Rhine	April 27, 2018 01:49PM
Scrapping the South Park (Alpine tunnel) same method.	hank	April 28, 2018 10:09AM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F >>Re-enactment Photos<<	Russo Loco	April 27, 2018 06:56PM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F >>Re-enactment Photos<<	KevinM	April 27, 2018 09:42PM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F (historic photo)	B. Barry	April 27, 2018 01:49PM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F (historic photo???)	Stewart Rhine	April 28, 2018 04:20AM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F (historic photo???)	KevinM	April 28, 2018 06:54AM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F (historic photo???)	Russo Loco	April 28, 2018 11:53AM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F (historic photo???)	Stewart Rhine	April 28, 2018 05:33PM
Re: Scrapping the original WW&F (historic photo???)	Stewart Rhine	April 28, 2018 05:30PM
Re: Un- scrapping the WW&F (historic photo???)	Stewart Rhine	April 29, 2018 05:39AM

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